"Your Highness, what's wrong!?"
The Eighteen Scholars exchanged glances, sensing that something was very wrong with Qin Hao.
"My brother cares only for his own pleasure and gives no thought to the lives of the people of this realm!!"
Qin Hao's face was full of anger. "He's been bewitched by the Red-clothed Demon Monk, the demonic priest Mu Xiu, Minister of Revenue Ren Huan, Minister of Justice Chen Zu, and the others. Are you willing to follow me in purging the traitors from my brother's side!?"
"We are willing!!"
Without the slightest hesitation, the Eighteen Scholars knelt with solemn expressions, pledging to follow him.
"He's finally rebelling!!"
Jiang Xue and Jiang Wushuang immediately grew excited. They could clearly feel Qin Hao's resolve to rebel.
But Jiang Ling's face turned cold, and her little fists clenched tight.
Their family of three had said so much just now, and he still hadn't shown any inclination to rebel. But the moment he heard that Lin Hongdou was to be executed by slicing, he immediately raised the banner of purging traitors and launched a rebellion.
And if she remembered correctly, back when Qin Emperor led the northern expedition against the grasslands, Qin Hao had brought along a guard named Lin Hongdou.
She'd sensed something was off back then. What man was named Lin Hongdou? Thinking about it now, that had to be the vixen who'd run away from the Qin King Manor.
"You can't even handle one, and you think you can handle two!"
Jiang Ling forcibly smothered her anger, planning to give him a proper dressing-down once they got back.
Soon—
The sound of war drums rang out across the Qin King Manor.
The Thirteen Protectors of the Qin Family, who had just returned, and nearly Two Million Steel Torrent troops gathered once